Outlook on Climate Change Adaptation in the South Caucasus Mountains

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Physical map of the South Caucasus

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Elbrus 5642

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Terek

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Nalchik

Grozny

Caspian Depression

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43°

Abkhazia

Magas

Vladikavkaz

Makhachkala

Mestia

Sukhumi

Shkhara 5068

Rioni I n g u r i T s k h e n i s t s k a l i

Kazbek 5033

Sulak

Rioni

Jvari

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

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CASPIAN SEA

2379

Colchis Plain

BLACK SEA

Kutaisi

Gudauri

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L i k h i R a n g e

42°

Poti

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Sabueti 1248

Telavi

GEORG I A

Gori

c

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Alazani / Ganykh

Mtkvari (Kura)

e

Tbilisi

Batumi

Adjara

a

Bakuriani

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Iori

Goderdzi 2025

K h r a m i

Akhaltsikhe

Rustavi

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e

Shiraki Valley

Samur

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Guba

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P o n t i c M o u n t a i n s Land elevation and Sea depth in metres

Ç o r u h ( C h o r o k h i )

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Q a b i r l i

Alaverdi

Shaki

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Kura

Debed

Mingachevir Reserv.

Spitak

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Sumgayit

Ganja

Gyumri

Vanadzor

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Mingachevir

TURKEY

H r a z d a n

4090

Absheron

Kars

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Aragats

Lake Sevan

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Baku

K u r ( K u r a )

A r m e n i a n

3597

Armavir

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Yerevan

A r a s ( A r a x )

40°

AZERBA I JAN

4,000 3,000 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 200 0 - 500

Ararat Valley

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ARMENIA

Glaciers

Ararat 5165

Kura-Aras Depression

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Neftchala

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Goris

Nakhchyvan (Azerbaijan)

Kapan Zangezur

Kur

H i g h l a n d

Aras (Araz)

Nakhchyvan

Peak, m

Goderdzi 2025 Aragats 4090

IRAN

Talysh

Lankaran

Arax

Pass, m

Lake Van

- 1,000 - 1,500

100 km

0

Van

Map by Manana Kurtubadze, GRID-Arendal, 2015.

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